The education section offers electoral professional development programs for pre-service and in-service teachers.

'Your Vote Counts!'

'Your Vote Counts' is a one-day workshop for upper primary and lower secondary teachers that focuses on key ideas and introduces strategies for teaching electoral education as part of Civics and Citizenship programs in schools.

The workshop also aims to familiarise educators with the Australian constitution, the process of constitutional change and the federal electoral system. This is a activity based workshop that includes a simulated election that demonstrates the full preferential voting system.

A two-hour 'Your Vote Counts!' session presented at universities is also available for pre-service teachers.

How to organise a workshop

Please contact the 'Your Vote Counts' workshop co-ordinator on 02 6271 4586.

Comments from participants

"Very enjoyable - well-structured with a variety of teaching approaches. Practical sessions are much more meaningful. I feel much more inspired and confident now to teach this topic."

Teacher Adelaide SA YVC

"The best Professional Development I've attended in ten years of teaching!"

Teacher Mackay QLD YVC

Other professional development programs

Professional development sessions for teachers are conducted at various times at Electoral Education Centres in Melbourne and Adelaide. Please contact each EEC for further details.